ODDS & ENDS
••• More of Carpinteria’s bluffs are getting preserved.
••• The county’s push for more decomposed granite sidewalks in Montecito (above).
••• The Biltmore resort has plans for three swim rafts, not two.
••• Parking availability at Santa Barbara Airport is now online.
••• New shop on State Street.
••• Proposed “health retreat” on Paradise Road.
••• Signs of life at the Andalucia Building at State and Gutierrez.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Riverfront house in the Santa Ynez Valley for $7.95 million; 1956 three-bedroom between Mission Canyon and Cielito; spec renos in West Mesa and on TV Hill; Samarkand house with four en-suite bedrooms; 1928 two-bedroom just off Shoreline Park; lower Anacapa Street townhouse; the Alta Mesa one without a kitchen; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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FOOD STUFF
••• Municipal Winemakers is opening in Ventura (above).
••• Takashi Ramen says it’ll debut soon.
••• Mylestone Barbecue profile.
••• Pressed Juicery is back at the Montecito Country Mart.
••• Capuno’s Lutong Bahay, a Filipino restaurant in Santa Maria.
••• The Women Winemakers & Culinarians Celebration is in March.
••• In search of Dubai chocolate.
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